After the explosive return of Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) in the midseason premiere of "Once Upon A Time" season 4, it will be interesting to see how Belle (Emilie de Ravin) reacts when she finds out that her former lover is back in Storybrooke.
If the episode titled "Unforgiven" is any indication of what is in store for Rumple and Belle's future, it seems like she still has not forgotten all his lies and evil ways that pushed her to banish him out of her life and Storybrooke. With his return, together with the Queens of Darkness who came along with him, viewers can expect that the Beast is still not done with his ruthless ways.
"OUAT" executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis talked about the possibility of reuniting Belle and Rumplestiltskin this season in an interview with Variety.
According to Horowitz, "Belle has to be strong and I think one of the things that happened in that relationship with Rumple was, as his lies grew, and his betrayal grew, the audience was seeing that Belle was unaware of any of this and we really wanted to build to her discovery and then letting her act out of strength."
Rumple also needs to get Belle's trust back, which the producers believe will be very difficult to do.
Meanwhile, ET Online talked about the possibility of Belle falling for her friend Hook (Colin O' Donoghue) after getting her heart broken by Rumple. According to the article, Belle is still in love with the Evil One, and she still keeps on thinking about what could have happened if Rumple was different. She also thinks of Hook as one of her closest friends at the moment.
Elsewhere, Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) believe that they know why Cruella (Victoria Smurfit) and Ursula (Merrin Dungey) appears in Storybrooke.
According to the official synopsis for the episodes:
"David and Mary Margaret suspect Cruella and Ursula have come to Storybrooke looking for something more than their own happy endings — something that threatens to reveal a secret they thought was long buried."
Also, their daughter Emma (Jennifer Morrison) investigates about the two evil queens, but she gets distracted by the feeling that everyone seems to be hiding something from her.
"Once Upon A Time" season 4 episode 14 will air on March 8.
